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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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